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To: Thomas C. White who wrote (62063)	11/3/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 108807

You and LLR are arguing something a bit different from me. (By the way, I made that same argument about the bank not being in a position of knowledge in my first post about the woman and I feel that her action was intentional fraud and should be punished) You are trying to justify why your stance is moral, why you had done enough that it no longer was some sort of ill-gotten gain and all I said was that it was very subjective--- most (including me) would probably see you as having tried sufficiently to do the right thing. Some might see that you went way beyond moral obligation, others, that you didn't go far enough. I would say that you and LLR are good examples in the way you carefully laid out how far you did go to do the right thing as a perfect example of justification. Only some people can justify any action, or any statement in really extreme ways, ways that make no sense to a "normal" person. (I killed him cuz he looked at me) ANd I do know some people who would absolutely insist somehow on getting that thing paid for. I would say you Alex and I fall right in the middle of the bell curve. Maybe even a little to the more moral side! I'm not arguing legalities as much as how fascinating personal morality and what dictates it is. That's the slope--- not the legal one. Remember Honest Abe and the penny that he walked miles to return? I think he would have fallen wayyyy to the right.